Bernie Sanders To Hold Rally In Springfield Before VA Primary

SPRINGFIELD, VA — Bernie Sanders will hold a rally with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Northern Virginia on the weekend leading up to the March 3 Democratic presidential primary election, the day known as Super Tuesday. The rally will take place Saturday, Feb. 29 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the St. James Sports, Wellness, and Entertainment Complex, 6805 Industrial Road, Springfield.

Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. The campaign asks attendees to sign up for the event.

Sanders will hold two other rallies in Virginia; one is in Richmond on Feb. 27 and the other is in Virginia Beach on Feb. 29.

The rallies come as the latest polling shows Sanders and Mike Bloomberg tied among likely Virginia voters. The Monmouth University poll, conducted Feb. 13 to 16 with 400 Virginia voters, showed 22 percent for Sanders, 22 percent for Bloomberg, 18 percent for Joe Biden, 11 percent for Pete Buttigieg, 9 percent for Amy Klobuchar and 5 percent for Elizabeth Warren.

In a hypothetical two-person race between Sanders and other Democratic candidates, Sanders edges past both Klobuchar (45 percent to 42 percent) and Buttigieg (44 percent to 42 percent). He comes out on the losing side against Bloomberg (41 percent to 47 percent) and Biden (38 percent to 51 percent).

In the last Democratic presidential primary in 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the Virginia Democratic primary 64 percent to 35 percent against Sanders. The state went blue in the general election, with Clinton edging now-President Trump 49.7 percent to 44.4 percent.

Virginia will be one of 14 states and one U.S. territory holding the Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday. The Republican Party of Virginia will not hold a presidential primary and will instead choose delegates for the national convention. Any registered voter can cast a ballot in the Democratic primary, as voters aren't registered by party in Virginia. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Virginia.

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